ArcHound

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   by ArcHound 1y ago

   Genuine question that might sound trollish: do you please have examples of such cases?
2. 212.▲
   by ArcHound 1y ago

   Is it short term? Seems like the MS and the others got exactly what they wanted. Exploiting the passion for free work is a trade that will keep happening as long as there are passionate inexperienced people.
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   by ArcHound 1y ago

   I agree with the spirit of this comment, but I worry about the implementation. See the comment of Manly read in this section. Once the threat of payment approaches, you can just switch to a free fork. A single person can't really win a
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   by ArcHound 1y ago

   Hey, props to your attitude, and I wish you the best of luck. Obviously, you've provided value to a company in a really in-demand area. It doesn't feel right to treat the contributors like this. Sadly, it seems that the companies
5. 215.▲
   by ArcHound 1y ago

   That is also a good point, but I worry that the power has shifted. I worry that companies might get away with no compensation for such efforts.
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   by ArcHound 1y ago

   While that sounds rational, I worry that the same reasoning is not applied in the HR department. But that might be just my frustration from experiences. To continue the devil's advocate: why bother with all of this, if the company does
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   by ArcHound 1y ago

   I'll say it: why would they pay him if he's already doing the work for free from their PoV? Oh, they ignored him. I am not sure if that puts the company in a better light.
8. 218.▲
   by ArcHound 1y ago

   Thanks a lot!
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   by ArcHound 1y ago

   The article I've linked about Walmart talked about Azure costs. So I'd say that yes, MS mostly manages the systems for them. Also, they need some of those hyperscale goodies as they need to work with load spikes e.g. on a Black Fr
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    I agree with this, I see the AD as critical. Do you please have a source for these numbers? Would love to include it in the article.
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    Fair point. If you take it directly on a Walmart scale, then I'll argue that you can't outcompete Microsoft. Note that you need to bring your own ID, Auth, Office, desktop system, etc. If you have a smaller scale, then you've
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    I've never thought about the parallel with terrorism and now I can't unsee it.
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    Sorry, I don't follow then. Of course insurance companies will try to make a profit. The core of the method can be used to compare insurances and technically anything above zero is a good investment. I will reply no further here.
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    Of course it was an oversimplified example. All I wanted to show that ROSI can make a compelling argument for buying insurance. Now you're arguing that insurance is too cheap.
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    Yes, at the end of the article I come to the conclusion that this method has flaws. But the general insurance can be modelled with ROSI. Say you have a 300k USD car. Say that a crash will cost you the full cost. You expect one crash in five
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    That's the trick behind ROSI. You weight the expected cost without mitigation against the mitigated cost plus the cost of your solution. The risk of getting cut off is the most random variable on the list. I agree with your point, but
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    Genuine question that sounds like trolling: can you get an insurance against critical service provider going poof for political reasons?
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    That is the conclusion I've reached in the article. The biggest variable here is whether we start seeing more sanctions enforced by MS. If yes, the risk will become more unbearable.
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    It is a good point and a weaker spot of the article. First of all, I now cover MS since this incident made headlines. If you are aware of any such incident from the other providers, I am interested. Another argument is that more companies d
20. 230.▲
    by ArcHound 1y ago

    It's cheap and it works well. Also integrates into everything related you'd need.
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    Hello, author here. The main point is that it's not a financially rational decision to ditch Microsoft. There's just no real alternative for businesses, as most use AD, Teams, Outlook/Exchange and couple others.
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    Hello, author here - yes exactly. And also I don't think companies depend that completely on e.g. AWS
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    Microsoft Dependency Has Risks(blog.miloslavhomer.cz)

    176 points by ArcHound 1y ago|232 comments
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    Vibe Coding for Existential Dread and Bankrupcy(blog.miloslavhomer.cz)

    2 points by ArcHound 1y ago|0 comments
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    by ArcHound 1y ago

    Hey, don't worry. In my book, if you do something because you want to share it, then you're still interested in it enough (or curious about if you want). You just like to share, and that's okay. It's also a good filter f
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    by ArcHound 2y ago

    That's true, my experience was the same!
27. 237.▲
    by ArcHound 2y ago

    Let's go... thanks for including my article, asn-check. Just a couple pages later there's a rust in python article, gotta try this to speed up the program further.
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    by ArcHound 2y ago

    I love AoC. I made a CLI client in python for me (and a lib for common tasks, especially the 2d grid maps). Repo: https://github.com/ArcHound/advent_of_code Writeup: https://blog.miloslavhomer.cz/p&#x2F
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    by ArcHound 3y ago

    I've came to the same conclusion as the author some time ago, my cookiecutter template is more opinionated https://github.com/ArcHound/python_script_cc . Best for use-cases when you need to do some automated API c